Splash-preventing attachment for motor vehicles



April 2.8, 1925. 1,535,444

C. ANDERSON SPLASH PREVENTING ATTACHMENT FOR MOTORA VEHICLES Filed May 23,1924 2 sheets-"shawl A ma@ l MI5/Maa@ 'Y muy A April 28,1925.

Filed May 25, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fatented Apr. 28, 1925.

erster orties.

cnanrns Afirman-sola, or Assente, New Yoan.

SPIASELFEEVENTNG ATTACHMENT FCE ""JECBEES.y

Application filed May 23,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CnanLns ANnnnsoN, a subject ot' the King); oft Great Britain and Northern il'reland, and residing .at Astoria, New York, United States of America, have invented a certain neivand'usetul limprovement in Splash-Preventing Attachments for Motor Vehicles, ot which the following as a specitication.

This invention is an improvement in splash preventing` attachments such as de scribed in the specification of my copending` application for Letters Patent Serial llo. 695988.

The attachment oft the. present invention comprises a slotted socket member accommo dating` a spring-urged guardcarrying` rod carrying an elongated member normally arranged with its longest direction transverse to the slot, blocking'the lower end ot the slot, and'adapted, when oscillated, to bring its minor axis transverse to the slot, to enter the slot and permit vertical movement of the rod in the socltet member under the action of the spring. Oseillatory movement is imparted to the said elongated member by a train or mechanism including; levers pivoted to the ends ot the beam ot the splash guard, the arrangement being' such that when an obstacle is encountered by the lever, the elongated member is oscillated and permitted to enter the slot whereupon the rod and therewith the guard are caused to move upwardly under the action ot the spring.

ln the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig'. 2 an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a section on the line ltr-B ot' Fig. 1 and Fig'. a a detail vievv a supplementary striker hereina'liter referred to.

The attachment shown comprises a socket 1 disposed diametrically of the road Wheel l, accommodating; the guard-carryingl rod 2, and constituted by a tube having` a single longitudinal slot 3 engageable by an elongated or elliptical member a journalled on the rod 2 and normally arranged With its major axis transverse to the slot 3, blocking the loiver end of the slot, so that the rod C.. is held in lowered position. Onoscillation ot' the member a to bringl its major anis into 'parallelisn'i with the slot, theV member a; en-

ters the slot, permitting` vertical movement of the rod 2 in the member 1 under the action ot a spring 5. Oscillatory movements are imparted to the member d by a` t 'ain ot 1324. Serial No. 715,295.

mechanism including levers 6 pivotally mounted at '.7 on the beam tl ot' the splash guard t) and engageable with obstacles on the roadway, said levers being connected by linlts let with the arm 13 of a toothed quadrant 10 pivotally mounted at11 on the rod v2 and meshine' with a toothed disc `12 lined to the' member e, the arrangement being such that, when either lever 6 encounters an obstacle, 'he displacement of said lever is converted int-o rocking movement of the member l which is thereby positioned to en ter the slot and permit elevation of the guard For restoringl the guard 9 to initial position atter an obstacle has been passed there is provided a retrieving mechanism comprising a friction-wheel arranged in operative relation with the conical surtace 15a ot the vehicle Wheel hub and a shitting,` device adapted to shift the friction- Wheel 15 into and out ot contact Withuthe conical surface. The shitting; device includes a lever V1b pivoted at 17 on the memn ber 1 in the path ot' a removable strilter 18 on the rod 2, which striker, towards the end oit the travel ot the rod 2 in the upward direction, engages the lower edge of the longl` arm o' the lever 16 which is thereby rocked.

The short arm oit the lever 15 has apinand-slot connection With an eccentric disc emlr-raced by a strap provided with an arm 27 slidably mounted in a guide' 28 and formed -at 29 as a journal for the Wheel 15. Rocking movement ot the lever 1G thus moves the Wheel 15 towards er from the surtace 15a.

The Wheel 15 is itte'd VWith a drum 19 Wrapped by a flexible Wire 2O led around the guide pulley 22 and connected at 21 to the rod 2. `When the Wheel 15 is rotated trictionally, the Wire i2() is Wound on to the drum 19 and the rod 2 is depressed in opposition to the spring,v 5. lilo-r retracting` the friction-Wheel 15 trom engagement with 'the conical sur't'ace 15a on the completion of the return stroke el the rod 2 there is provided a supplementary striker 23 Which engages the upper edpeoot the lever 16 and reverses the operation et the shitting` device.

The strilter El?) is formed as a spring-urged latch accommodated in a transverse channel in the rod E2. Vilaen the `guard is to be i ned in inoperative position the striker 18 is removed.

l'rhat l claim is 1. A splash-preventing` attachment tor motor road vehicles comprising a socket member disposed laterally ot a road wheel, said member having a slot extending diametrically of said wheel, a spring-urged rod accommodated in said socket member, an elongated oscillatory member engageable with the slot in said socket member and journailed on said rod with its longer direction normally transverse to trie slot, blocking the lower end of the slot, said elongated member adapted, when oseillated, to enter the slot to permit endwise movement el the rod in the socket member, a splash guard carried by said rod, and a train of mechanism lor imparting oscillatory movement to said elongated memben said train including levers engageable with obstacles on the roadway, and connections between said levers and said elongated member.

2. A splash-preventing attachment 'lor motor road vehicles comprising a socket member disposed laterally of a road wheel, said member having a slot extending diametrically ot said wheel, a spring-urged rod accommodated in said socliet member, an elongated oscillatory member engageable with the slot in said socket member and ournailed on said rod normally in position to close the lower end ot' the slot and adapted, when oscillated, to enter the slot and permit endwise movement ot said rod in said socket member, a splash guard carried by said rod.

a train ot mechanism for imparting oscillatory movement to said elongated member to permit elevation ot said guard, said train including levers engageable with obstacles on the roadway, and connections between said levers and said elongated member, means tor restoring said guard to operative position including a friction wheel, rotatable means presenting a lriction surface, and a shitting device adapted to shift the 'friction wheel into aim out of contact with said surface, said shitting device including a stril'fze: on said rod and a lever in the path et' .aid striker, and serving, when rocked by si 'd striker on upward movement o1 said rod. to establish driving relation between said triction wheel and said surface, a drum litted on said friction wheel, a tlexihle wire wram'iing around said drum and connected to said rod, whereby, when :iaid friction wheel is rotated, said flexible wire is wound on to said drum and said rod is restored to operative position, and a supplementary striker on said rod engageable with said lever and adapted on the descent ot said rod to rock said lever and thereby to bring said, friction wheel out, ot Contact with said surface.

ln testimony whereof have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence ot two subscribing` witnesses.

CHARLES ANDERSON. W itnesses Di-ivm lllniLD, J r. J. A. VERNON. 

